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GREDY McA MTA RAZOR At Lapeer, Mich., John Best, Re. | cently from an Insane Asylum, Slew without Mercy. HIS OWN MOTHER WAS A VICTIM. from His Bed He Oat One Head Of and After Resting fora T! Carried His Deadly Work to Other Mem. bers of the Family, Eading with Self- Destruction. Lapeer, Mich, Dee, 16—John Best, aged 25, a single man of disordered mind, wrose from his bed during the night and cut Jasper Clegg’s head nearly off with a razor, dangerousty wounded his own mother, wounded his sister, himself to de hoi Lest Che rded at the and wound up by shooting who was 60 Xmas Books For Young or Ole. Latest and most popular books of the season. What would be more appreciated than a year’s subscription to some good magazine or paper, by which |you would be remembered each week or month in the year. Subscriptions taken to all, new or renewals. Club prices of any responsible agency duplicated. Large variety of magazines al- | ways in stock. a unitted tuo the eee Monn hana Novelties, Confectionery, sik inenths later was discharg cured. “Phe crimes of the Cigars, etc. ' . oft lle attacked | 9 t] . y Cl it fore rf the " Lin's | Hotel Ross Building, u 1 ul “ North Side Square, ul \ it bow ‘ tt ra Was | eee ; ' No Longer Revolutionists, gil ; wk The vedding | Caracas, Saturday, Dee, 13.—El TY ' r wit! bt ! 2 a : e At a later hour he again arose amd Mocho, Hernandez and certain other went to the room of his mother, He [revolutionary leaders left Maracaibo suv Mrs, Hest a blow with the | to-day for Curacoa on their way to se ed razor, but it’ fell eat Caracas. hough her chin was nearly evt of ; oe eT She sprang out of bed, pled with | Hernandez is probably the mc the crazy man and made her way to | popular of the revolutionary leaders the door. Here she broke away from | President Castro has kept him {m- him snd ran to a neighbor's. where | hrigoned at Maracaibo for several she telephoned for the sherit®, Best] © t next invaded the sleeping room of his [Tears Past. sister and slashed = hi acrass the Cramps, Dysentery, Cholera, Morbus, cheek with the razor, When Best 7 heard Sherif! Myers entering the | diarrhova, and, indeed, all boweleom- Tose, Te appeared with a revotverT plants quickly relieved by Perry and began shooting wildly, He aimed | Davis’ Painkiller, a safe, sure and the last athis own head and fell ypeedy eure, for all the troubles nam dead ed, Every reputable druggist keeps Miser sneer: i », 18 supply. Each bottle has full direc: siahiicne anno biste Arranged: tions, Avoid substitutes, there is Alvard, ‘Tex, Dec, 16— Three men) byt one Painkiller, Perry Davis’. 25 made a daring attempt to hold up and'50e.—H. L. Tucker. the cashier and rob the First nati i] ai bank of Alvard yesterc One f D : ead and Tied in in ‘Her Bu the would-be robb F k Martin, aay. was killed, Another, John MeFall,| Kingaton, Mich,, Dee. 13.—Ella is desperately wounded and the third, Beardslee, a young woman of this Claud Golden, is in custody. The |. bh banks oMidinlk: haa bee notitied: By village, has been found dead about Constable dohn Dobbs, of Chico, that |four miles south of here, tied in her an attempt would be made to rob} buggy. The ropes prevented her the bank yesterday and the officers | ody from falling from the seat. She arranged a reception for them, Ble Irrigation Scheme is supposea to have been murdered, then tied in buggy, and her horse started for home. . List Your Property. Austin, Tex. Dee. 16.—-The land commissioner, Charles Rogan, says a powerful syndicate of Philadelphi: capitalists is preparing to place a solid tract of more than 200,000 acrea of land situ river in ‘Pe under ir tion. mie ected by the s constr! syndicate in the mountains of New Mexico, and the water supply this obtained to af- ating the land int] Over 50,000 Vo 4 of History. so it rial terete car titerercertorve atic renef a wine ” M ourk histor, a se 1 i : ce ee chaos transportation to western .Kansas houns Humes of newspapers pub Nor 18. EB ATKINS N, lished ia every county except Tliek- 51-+t! Graintield, Kan. , MES mecting in January the society ddressed by ex-Gov. 1877 there has been a Demo i of St. Igouis eo . : : _ | oratie congress for only two years. “4 a Missouri Liaw- _ Md Yo Reawuaken Religious Fervor, ‘ 10, toe, UN federation of : = Chic essagie aea te FBR isa about a | been repored in them. Will they tol- renwakening of religious fervor was [erate the continuance of the trusts? inaugurated yesterday at a meeting |—Post-Dispatch As 1] outline of —- - inization con and | ‘the Walton Trust Co has an decided to hold revivals all abundance of money for loans on - the city the two weeks before |farms at very low rates of interest Easter. Parties wanting to borrow will tind et ay t to their advantage to call and get Admiral Dewey at Culebra. our rates. a1tt San nan, Porto Rieo, Dee, 16.—Ad- miral Dewey, with the exception of the Massachu- Ay WE ited adjacent to the Pecos Im- re to be Mis- gotten commanding the fleet, If you want to dispose of your farm, let me sell it for you; if you want to exchange it for land in west- ern Kansas and get three to six acres for one, I will make an effort to do so, I will be at Adrian Dee. 11th, Rich Hill Dee. , and W. 0. Atke son’s law office in Butler Dee. 16th Come in on the above dates and list your property or write me giving de- scription, price and terms. 1 think i change vou, it the pric setts, sailed for Culebra yeste morning and engaged the vessels in tactical evolutions. These evolutions are preliminary to the great exers WANT eises which are to follow the holi- - cin YOUR etters, Dee. 16.- rence Ly Albert Law- postal clerk, run- TRADE. ning between Buffalo and Pittsburg, was arrested here with embevling 5 letters. ination. Work on Another Line. Ardmore, 1. T., See. the survey from Waurika, Ardmore, a distance of 52 miles. company will commence construetion of this branch. Pullman Employers May Strike. Chicago, Dec, 16.—The 8,000 work. Congressman Joy Buters Contest. St. Louis, Dec. 16.—Charles F. Joy, republican, has formally entered con- rk §3 Hunt, democrat, » from the Eleventh Aistrict of Missqurt- yesterday charged He was held in $2,000 bail for further exam- 16.—Rock Is- land engineers completed yesterday Ok., to The the early At C. A. Hedges’ DRUG STORE onthe West side of the square, where can be found everything kept in a first-class Drug store and at reasonaole Prices. We keep ‘none but | the purest an | freshest drugs, with a grad- uate pharmacist of experience, careful dnd painstaking, to con» em- ployes in the shops of the Pullman Palace company are preparing to take a stand in support of a demand for shorter hours .and no Sunday pound them. i a Our object is to please you. We respectfully solicit a share ol your patronage. ; C. A. HEDGES, Druggist, shag A MUSHROOM TOWN. and up-to-date garments, medium and Monte Carlos in all the popular shades, lined with the best of silks and satins, strictly tailor made, none to equal them, are special designed and made for us. Prices very popular, from $7.50 to | $15.00. in all colors. Sables, prices. SHOES. fe your farm for is right. Cheap| ~~ Surely the republicans are under ob- ligations-to do the best they can for the continuance of the trust that has 26 Years of Honest Merchandising. 26 Years of Constant Value Giving Has placed our store foremost in the minds of every household in Bates county. are past masters in the art of handling Reliable Merchandise Our reliable merchandise contains full measure of quality coupled to Matchless Prices. Levy's claim to the patronage of the people of Bates county is based solely on its being a good place to trade. We now place before the people the greatest line of SEASONABLE AND RELIABLE MERCHANDISE ever known in the history of our business, when you have to pay more for the same class of goods after this sale. CLOAK DEP'T, We offer during this sale new, clean Long, as they FURS—Large variety of furs, boas Electric seals, Martins, Lynxs, at very popular The greatest line of footwear ever shown during the history of our bus- iness, will be placed on sale during this month. grain leather shoes,-all made of the best materials, manufactured special ly for us, in plain and coin toes, lace and congress; all widths and sizes. Special prices. Mens calf, vici kids, “DOROTHY DODD,” The famous shoe for ladies, has been placed to our control by the manu- facturers. We show them in a variety of styles. The prices are very popular, per pair, only $3.00 sery and gloves. corset waists, dnderwear for infants. | to $10.00 Ladies, calf, dongola and vici kids, patent or stock tips, the best line of shoes ever produced for women, com- fort and style combined, all widths and sizes, the best $2.50 shoes in the world. We sell them at per $2.00 pair | Eagle City, 0. T., Becomes @ | ling Village in a Few Hours. Eagle City, Okla, at night was cornfields and raw prairies, andsthe next morning it was a town of 2000 inbabitants, with a complete muni- cipal organization, a bank in opera- tion, a daily newspaper established, a fairly good hotel, four reqtgurants, several saloons, at least @ score of mercantile. establishments, amd, po end of gembling | houses, section as “yet boasts of few structures other than canvas tents, but all the business.en- terprises are housed in substantial frame structures, many of which lack nothing but paint to give them a finished appearance, The lot drawing began at daylight. foot business lot, a 50-foot resi choice sites were drawn the bidding ‘or them became lively, # $500 to $1,000 each. NEW HOMES FOR ARTISTS. French Sentptor WIL Provide Quare ters for Hix Indigent Nut Strug- Bling Brethren, sr, one of Paris’ dis- tinguished sculptors, began his career at the very bottom round of the lad- » fashioned of the mud of the fields in which he roomed as a With the memory of his own hard- early days of his career he has decided to build a house ina good locality with plenty of sunshine and a view of trees, suitable for poor young artists and sculptors who now have.to-toil_at-artistie works-in-the retched lodgings, almost with- out light, because they cannot pay for This house will provide, studios at the rate of $3 $ —a third or a fourth of the amo ordinarily paid, M, Boucher says it would be a mis- nomer to call it a charity, for the art- is}s will pay for their studios, noticed that philanthropists were in- teresting themselves in better lodgings for workmen, and he had asked himself why there should not be more com- fortable quarters for workmen with the brush and chisel. HEAVEN IN TEXAS. No other inducements can be offered The paices we are making during this sale are special and only will continue during this month and do not think it strange \$10 Mens Suits At these prices we show a complete line of fancy worsted, vlack cheviota, black, brown and gray meltons, Scotch mixtures, every one of them up to-date, best of trimmings, strict- ly tailor made, guaranteed to hold e. Remember they ure regular $15.00 suits. DRESS GOODS, It is useless to say that we show the largest line of dress goods, as it | has been conceded by everyone. only handle woolen suitable for suits | and dress direct from the manufac- Placed our orders early in order to proeure the best and choic- Religious Enthasiasts Form a Coleay Under the Name of the New House of Israel. The religious enthusiasts who came Tex., from Ohio Michigan and established a terrestrial heaven in the dense forest of pine jive miles fiom ti ted the seventh anusversary of to Liv ngston, themselves the We carry nothing but the wide | widths from 54 to 60 inches. is to the ad vuntage of the purchaser, the goods are all sponged and shrunk and will not spot. Our prices ire universally known for the very. We place on sale a line of | stuff in 1 thie way of viress goods, all | new and up to-date close them we cut off the profits, offer them at special prices. this class of goods, us it may iuter- $5.00 Youths Suit $5,00 At this price we show a complete line gf youths suits. Fancy worsted, yrey mixtures and plain cassimeres, Tobby and np to date, sizes 13 to 20. Very cheap for $5 00 “renntinder-of T n rude jog cabins, 111) Hit- $3.50 Youths Suit $3,50 ; At $3 50 we offer a great variety of youths suits of about , 10 styles, nice, clean, desirable suits, well tail- ered, best of lining, regular price $5 UU to $7.00, sizes 13 to 20. GER. MAN YOUTH. ent Soeech He Dec! seneration Must Carry On the Empire's Work. Table Linene, Cloths, Dresser Scurfs, Towels. BLANKETS. Blankets in the greatest, variety. It is useless to mention the prices on this class of merchandise as you must see the good before you can pass on them as to their value. They all go at the special sale price and we mean what we say. Napkins, Lunch speaking at the hall of fame at guration of th t cou for its slachness. im varry.ng on the work of ihe empire which their forefathers had built up’ at the expense of such strenuous exer- tions of mind and body. “But,” said the emperor, * upon the threshold of the devel ment of the empire's powers, aad’ time demands a generation that u derstands this work. For $2.00 We have 65 mens overcoats of dif- ferent lots in broken sizes, original price $3.50 to $5. them out we offer them at mot $7.00 In order to close The freedom of upon his subordination to the whole. May the generation to come act with 1 wish for the Ger- man people treedom of thought, re- ligion and scientific researeh, but not freedom to govern badly at one’s wiiL” Mens furnishings. A complete line of mens furnish- ings, colored shirts, stiff and soft bosom. Under garments from the that knowledge. $6.00 Mens Suits $6.00 Ladies, misses and ditties ho- Underwear, knit Weare pleased to announce our twenty-sixth annual holiday sale and think we are justly entitled to whet we aim in this advertisement. our motto is the correct one. At these prices we show a beautiful line of mens suite in black, grey, and fancy oe actual value $7.50 lowest to the very best. A handsome line of silk neckwear, great varieties, gloves, ete. Special sale priees. MEMORIAL OF WHITE HOUSE, Siapeeti Marble Casket Under the Floor of the Main Corridor. Workmen Place A novel and pretty ceremony place the other evening in the corridor of the white house. A eo of the message sent to eo ’ Roosevelt children, § ed States coins and the chisel which. the_masow did the work were” {> 4 sealed in a marble casket, which then | . was deposited in a bed of brim neath the floor of the main halls Covering. the little 2 was placed a marble slab inseriptions- “1792-1902” of stars, one for each ~ We labored for twenty six _years tried everything in our power to please the people. At the beginning of _our career we adopted the motto, “Fair Dealing Would Win” and its proven to us that | Elght-Hour tea The state supreme fornia has declared that ‘ng eigtt hours a legal -w